The Salamander Wherever possible, I like to use real places in my books. One of the first, right at the beginning of book one (Taken to...

Late post (apologies!). Last month I went to Chiltern Kills, a one-day Crime Fiction event in Gerrards Cross which, fortunately, is on my...

No, not bed and breakfast. Every three months a bunch of readers and writers in and around Bath and Bristol get together to discuss all...

Who would have thought it? Just over a year ago I decided to start writing a crime thriller series and here I am with 3 books out, the...

I'm delighted to say that Samuel James will be recording books 2 onwards in the Luke Sackville Crime Series. Sam has over twenty years...

Today's the day I take off my writing hat and concentrate on promoting my daughter's new psychological thriller 'Arrietty' which comes...

I am ecstatic to have Aubrey Parsons on board to narrate the audiobooks for the Luke Sackville Crime Thriller Series. He's already...

My Beta readers have come up trumps. I asked them to focus on big picture items: Are the first few chapters engaging? Did they make you...

My daughter Abby Davies and I are delighted we chose Olly’s company Morevisual to design our book covers. Yesterday was the cover reveal...

CrimeFest is a blast whether you’re a writer or a reader. My visit to CrimeFest 2023 was my first and was limited to the first day and a...

Too early to celebrate? I don't think so. After dropping the book eleven months ago at 29,000 words I picked it up again in February and...